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Laurel Bank croquet members hold their May bridge party

The members of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club held their May bridge party in the C.W.A. Hall this week. The hall was attractively decorated with seasonable blooms and ferns, and tea was served from a…

Trove2 min read27 May 1954
HeadingSocial Notes
NewspaperThe Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette
DateThursday 27 May 1954, page 5Thu 27 May 1954, p. 5
Found onTrove, National Library of Australia

he members of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club held their May bridge party in the C.W.A. Hall this week.

The hall was attractively decorated with seasonable blooms and ferns, and tea was served from a flower-bedecked buffet.

The visitors were received by the president of the club (Mrs. P. S. Priest). She was assisted by the secretary-treasurer (Mrs. Watts).

Those present included Mesdames Frood, Perkins, Bongers, Platz, Dennis, E. Rielly, S. A. Andrews, E. Loft, M. Smith, C. E. Higgins, H. Chapman, J. H. Althaus, H. C. Perina, C. Ziesmer, R. Albion, G. Statham, J. A. Fox, R. H. Apelt, Alford, Bottomley, J. Doyle, Ferguson, G. Wright, C. Sanderson, M. Lord, I. Dayas, S. R. Roberts, T. King, Quane, R. McGowan, C. Bloodworth, P. Dewar, H. J. Twigg, G. Mace, M. Bentley, A. Murphy, S. C. Cook, L. Cooke, S. Johnstone, C. McDonald, M. Yarrow, Greenbury, R. Kineavy, R. Humphrey, M. Barron, Grahame, H. C. Hewitt, J. Currey, L. Carroll, Abbott, F. L. Oliver, R. Hunter, T. S. O'Sullivan, A. Jackson, A. Baxter, C. Dumke, T. Dearling, Barlow, H. Webster, E. Langton, J. Barlow, E. Leschinski, N. Linwood, E. Steele, W. Hesling, Wallace, E. Stone, D. Stumbles, A. Connell and B. Hanscomb.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 27 May 1954. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 27 May 1954. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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